Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1914 — Page 6

COLOSSAL EXHIBIT PALACES FOR PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION

Marvelous Works of Art to be Shown at San Francisco Thirty-six of the World’s Navies Will Participate Officially Upon a Stupendous Scale—World’s Most Noted Architects Create City of Palaces the Like of Which Man Has Never Beheld—England to Exhibit. The photographs upon this page reveal just a few of the thousands of marvels that will be seen by the millions who visit the Panama-Pacific International Exposition In San Francisco next year. The opening of the Panama canal is regarded by the nations as one of the most stupendous events In the history of the world, and in recognition of the great work at Panama there will be exhibited in San Francisco such a display of the world’s progress as has never been seen before. The news that England will exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition is evidence of the amazing interest that is everywhere taken in America's Panama canal celebration. Thirty-six of the world’s great nations will officially participate in the exposition. Here is the list: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatamala, Haiti, Holland, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Persia, Peru, Portugal, Salvador, Siam, Spain, Sweden. Turkey Uruguay, Venezuela and Great Britain. The nations have appropriated enormous sums. The Argentine, for example, has appropriated $1,300,000 gold for its display; Canada has appropriated $600,000 and construction is far advanced on the great Canadian pavilion. The natives of every civilized country on earth will be enabled at San Francisco to behold a surpassing view of the progress of their native land. Throughout the United States and in foreign lands millions of people are planning to visit the exposition next year. At a recent meeting of the Transcontinental Passenger association It was decided to make great reductions

in railroad fares. The exposition opens on February 20 and closes on December 4, 1915. The exposition today is one of the sights of the world. The passenger on a steamer through the Golden Gate beholds the vast domes of the exposition palaces rising like the domes and minarets of a fabled Oriental city. Before the main group of exposition palaces, which face north upon the harbor for more than one mile, a great aea esplanade has been constructed; this has been wonderfully landscaped with thousands of rare trees and shrubs brought from distant parts of the world. Here multitudes will gather during the exposition to view by day the assembled warships of the world’s navies and at night a wonderful series of colored Illuminations visible forty or fifty miles away. The entire exposition grounds parallel San Francisco harbor for almost three miles.

This photograph shows a half-dome in the colossal Palace of Education at the Panama-Pacific International Exposmon in San Francisco in 1915. The world s most noted artists, mural decorators and sculptors were engaged to decorate the exposition palaces and. as a result, the huge structures are indescribably beautiful. The interior of the dome is embellished with a superb mosaic of brilliant colors, designed under the supervision of Mr Jules Guerin, the noted artist. The height to the top of the half-dome is 110 feet.

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VIEW OF A HALF-DOME IN THE WONDERFUL PALACE OF EDUCATION.

HUGE PALACE OF MACHINERY AT WORLD’S GREATEST EXPOSITION.

A HANDSOME book of sixty pages, illustrated profusely in colors and giving detailed descriptions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition to be held in San Francisco from February 20 until December 4, 1915, and of the Panama canal and the canal rfegion, will be mailed by the Panama-Pa-cific International Exposition free of charge to all Inquirers. The booklet is intended as a general guide to prospective visitors and will also contain information concerning the great engineering feat which the exposition is to celebrate. Write to the Manager, the Bureau of Publications, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Exposition building, San Francisco, for the booklet.

FIRST NEWS PICTURE OF THE WONDERFUL PALACE OF HORTICULTURE

A Nearer View of the Dome.

FAMOUS SCULPTOR’S CONCEPTION OF “WATER,” FOR COURT OF THE UNIVERSE.

Scene in one of the sculptural warehouses on the exposition grounds. The figure above is that of a remarkreirPSPnHn th compo^ ltion by Robert L Aitkin - one of the most brilliant of American sculptors. The figure, piece to three other symbolical sculpturesJ i’n < L t> th k A \ ; four fl S ures > typifying the elements, will flank the descents into a vast sunken which th” flgure wa, enlarged °' lhe Uni '»e “»■> the original model from ’ Paciflc International Exposition Company.

VAST SOUTH GARDENS OF THE MARVEL EXPOSITION CITY AT NIGHT.

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Th© huge Palace of Horticulture is set in the South Gardens of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and will be one of the most striking features as the visitor enters the main exposition gates at Scott street. The dome will be covered with glass, and at night colored searchlights within the palace will cause the great globe to gleam with all the colors of the rainbow. The lighting effect will be visible from the harbor. Crowning the dome may be seen the “flower basket.” This is 26 feet in height and w’eighs more than one hundred tons. This photograph shows the framework of the building as it appeared early in May. The exposition will open in San Francisco February 20, 1915.